Make Your Own Garage Door Remote

The main downside to the ryobi garage door opener is its lack of amazon and google integration.

Make your own garage door remote. If you have an older garage door you probably have a bunch of obnoxious large remotes sitting around. You basically need a universal garage door receiver that s designed to interface modern wireless controls to an old garage door opener. Your current garage door opener might work perfectly fine and if so you probably don t want to replace it. The terminals on the relay will normally be marked c and no for common and normally open.

I built this for my garage door for less than 30 00. However choosing the right opener can be confusing. This instructable will show you how to build a remote controlled door lock out of any number of 110v solenoids solid steel dowel some various odds and ends and an x10 remote appliance control. Usually you will already have wires connected here from the garage door switch mounted by your door.

Now simply connect two wires from the two legs of the switch on the relay to the input terminals on your garage door opener that control the opener. Each manufacturer makes its own replacement remotes and universal remotes are also available. You ll need either two or three receivers depending on if you want to. These units are available from various manufacturers be sure to check compatibility with your in car buttons which are likely homelink.

Build a remote control deadbolt. You have to use the app to check if you left the door open and to open it.